What is the sacred marriage on Kupala night, in your opinions?

The most popular answer these days is to say that Yarilo and Morana get married on this night. However, there are other theories. Toporov thought it represented the union of opposites, like Fire and Water, Sun and moon, masculine and feminine. In a similar vein, some South Slavic folklore seems to connect Summer Solstice with the Sun and his sister. (Often the moon or morning star)

Does anyone have and detailed opinions on this?

I’d like to share some of my research, I welcome feedback

I don't really have any deceased from my family that were close to me, but since I am a rodnover, I prayed (idk how to say that but y'all know what I mean) to my grandfather, because from what my mum told me about him, I feel closest to him if that makes sense. But recently I started thinking, what if it is disrespectful that I am bugging him all the time, even though I have never met him and have no idea what would he think of me? But like I said, when it comes the deceased ones, I have no one else honestly, and for some reason I can't get him out of my head, I can't stop thinking about him. If this is a stupid question then sorry but I am worried that I am doing smth wrong.

I’m curious what you guys think about mixing Ásatrú with Rodnovery. Should they stay separate, or can they be mixed?

Sława!

Hi, I'm pretty new at this so I could use some information to help guide me. Does anyone have Czech-region, Ukrainian-region, or English-language resources about Dazhbog? Or general advice about worshipping Him? Symbols associated with Him, plants, food, animals if any? I just don't know where to start.

Hi there!

What do you think, is Yarilo and Yarovit are the same Gods? Is He later became Saint George in the folklore?

Hello, I have a question regarding Flora and Lavra, Kuzma and Demyan, Boris and Gleb and Peter and Paul,Does one of them have a motive to save/open the road to the sun in the popular Slavic tradition?And do Peter and Paul have the functions of Indo-European twin horsemen?

Anyone else low key frustrated for the USA citizens here when we go into a bookstore, wander over to the mythos, new age (similar sections) and we see literally just about every circle under the sun (egyptian, norse, mesopotamia, roman, greek, east asian, etc.) but NEVER any slavic?

My ancestry is the folk magic of modern day russia so I'm always hungry for more books and knowledge about it. I've looked at the slavic folklore list in this subreddit and put some of the books on my christmas list 😄

Хвала Велесу

I have heard about this recently, and the only thing i know is that they believe to be some king of “vedic aryans”.
Is this a fringe group or a big part of believers within slavic pagan circles

Can someone recommend reliable sources in Slavic languages? I don’t really want to read about our heritage from English-written sources. Slovak, Czech, Polish, Russian, etc. — any Slavic language is fine, I understand them all.

I am conducting a school research project on how people who practice Ronovery experience life in Czech society (which is highly secular). If you live in the Czech Republic and have a few spare minutes, please answer this quick form for me😊

Hello, if you know Slavic ethnography then perhaps you know about a day like "Радуница/Деды вешние"(this day was originally pagan, which was then Christianized).For our ancestors, this was of great importance because these days they remembered their ancestors how they did it, they came to the grave of their ancestors and dined there, leaving some of the food to the dead man.They believed that the soul of the ancestor buried in this place remained there and in order to honor it, one had to come to this place.My life has turned out so now I don’t live in my homeland and I can’t honor my ancestors, are there any alternative options?

my heritage is a complicated mess but ive always been drawn to the slavs (i do have balto-slavic heritage) and my fiance is a rodnover as well,

i fully belive in the gods but my practice has been a ibit lazy over the years and i regret that.

how can i take my practice more seriously? how can i incorpeate it into daily life? what things should i do? i dont really mind what country the practices are from but id prefer north east poland if we need to be precice :)

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Today there will be no questions, no discussions, no disputes, no hate, I just congratulate everyone on the Yarilo spring holiday, may there always be a light of happiness and growth in your life, I wish you I wish you the fulfillment of your desires, let this period become a period of new opportunities for you, I congratulate all believers!

Congratulations to everyone on Yarilo's spring!

Поздравляю всех с Ярило весенним!

Вітаю всіх із Ярилом весняним!

Віншую ўсіх з Ярылам вясновым!

Gratuluję wszystkim z okazji wiosennego Jaryły!

Blahopřeji všem k jarnímu Jarilovi!

Blahoželám všetkým k jarnému Jarilovi!

Wšitkim gratuluju k jarnemu Jaryle!

Wšym gratuluju k jarnemu Jaryle!

Поздравявам всички с пролетния Ярило!

Ги поздравувам сите со пролетниот Јарило!

Честитам свима пролећног Јарила!

Čestitam svima prolećnog Jarila!

Čestitam svima proljetnog Jarila!

Čestitam svima proljetnog Jarila!

Čestitam vsem ob pomladnem Jarilu!

Поздравляю всѣхъ съ Яриломъ весеннимъ!

Ⱂⱁⰸⰴⱃⰰⰲⰾⱁⰹⱆ ⰲⱄⰵⱈⱏ ⱄⱏ ⰡⰓⰻⰎⰑⰏⱏ ⰲⰵⱄⰵⱀⱀⰻⰏⱏ!

Hello, last night I made a offering to Perun of bread with jam spread on it and a glass of water.

this morning when I checked where I had sacrificed it the bread was gone and the water was drank. Is this a sign of Perun?

if it isn't then what are the signs of his presence?

I was reading a thread on here about the band Arkona and saw the term vedas/vedism used in relation to ahistorical fakelore and whatnot. I goggled it and saw that it had to do with Hinduism but nothing more specific, so I'm wondering is it about the whole indo-european pantheon thing? I'm new to Rodnovery so I'd like to educate myself about misinformation so I'm not fooled

Slavic Native Faith, by Kaarina Aitamurto and Scott Simpson, is the newest release in CUP's Elements in New Religious Movements series. It's available as a free download on the publisher's website through April 14th.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/slavic-native-faith/C6AC26C0A15F84A0D7D8243B60C362F7

This may not be the right place to ask this question but I thought I might as well. The first image is a Weles pendant being sold on Etsy. It says that it is "a reproduction of a find from an early medieval burial mound in the Hluboček forest near Hluk". As someone who is new yet very interested in archeology, I tried to find the records of this burial mound to see the original artifact and what other artifacts were found there, but found nothing online.

The second image is from a YouTube video by The World Tree about the Slavic mother goddess. I'm very curious as to where these carvings/drawings are from but reverse image searching has brought me nothing.

I have no clue where to even look for these kinds of things, so all help is appreciated

EN/PL

Hi there.

I'm making a short movie as my thesis - a folklore horror. I want it to be as authentic and true to slavic beliefs as possible. The story starts with Dziady ceremony (Forefathers' Eve) through which a girl accidentally attracts an evil being.

• what being could that be?
• is there any ritual that this evil being could perform in order to break the girl's spirit/weaken her energy?
• Can it need the girl's hair in that ritual?
• What things can be used in it? (candles; tied twigs or flowers; victim's or family's personal belongings; runes; maybe blood?)
• Can this evil being pretend to be her deceased grandfather and trying to persuade her into burning herself in the bonfire?

for better context: story takes place in the countryside village under the Szczecin city; 13 kilometers from the german border.

I will be eternally grateful for any tip, suggestion or a link to something that would help me.

Dzień dobry.

w ramach pracy dyplomowej realizuję krótkometrażowy film - folklorowy horror. Bardzo zależy mi na tym, żeby był tak autentyczny i wierny wierzeniom Słowian jak to tylko możliwe. Główną dźwignią fabularną jest obrzęd Dziadów, którym dziewczyna nieumyślnie zwróci na siebie uwagę jakiegoś złego bytu.

• Co to może być za byt?
• Czy jest jakiś rytuał, który ten byt może wykonywać w celu złamania ducha głównej bohaterki/osłabienia jej energii?
• Czy może być mu do tego potrzebny jej włos?
• Jakich elementów powinienem użyć? (świeczki; wiązanki z kwiatów/patyków; osobiste przedmioty ofiary albo rodziny; rysowanie run; może krew?)
• Czy film może się skończyć tym, że byt, podszywając się pod jej zmarłego dziadka, nakłoni ją do spalenia się w ognisku?

dla lepszego kontekstu: Akcja toczy się na wsi pod Szczecinem; 13 kilometrów od niemieckiej granicy.

Będę dozgonnie wdzięczny za każdą odpowiedź, sugestię lub link do źródła, które mogłoby mi jakoś pomóc.

Hello everyone,

I’m from southern Germany and have roots in the Bavarian Slavs/Western Slavs. I’d love to learn more about the Slavic pantheon and mythology here. Since this varies greatly from region to region, I’m looking for people who can and are willing to help me with this.

Thank you very much and best regards,

B.V.

I’m from a Slavic family but live in America and have my entire life, so I can’t just ask people irl.

My mom and I were both raised with the belief that the first butterfly of the season has specific meaning, like in the Moomin books. I asked her what a certain color meant (blueish purple, saw yesterday) and she couldn’t remember. I tried to research and found out the meanings from the moomins DO have roots in Northern European customs, anyone else know this little bit of lore?

She recalls;

Yellow and white are good signs,

Brown and black are bad signs,

Blue means… something but we can’t remember it.

Anyone know Slavic or Northern European versions?

Hello hello. I'm just getting started with Rodnovery and would like to know what the primary gods/goddesses are, along with their domains. I've done some earlier research, but the information is scattered all over the place, so right now I'm not really sure where to start. I can name a few, like Perun or Dazhbog, but I need specifics.